Swingin Round the Cirkle: His Ideas of Men, Politics, and Things as Set Forth in His Letters to the Public Press, During the Year 1866
by: Nasby (Locke, David Ross), P

Hardcover. Boston, Lee and Shepard , 1st, 1867, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Maroon cloth with blindstamped rules to both covers. Spine with titles and decorations stamped in gilt. Nasby's look at Reconstruction, written in dialect, and dedicated to "Androo Johnson". 8 b&w illustrations by Thomas Nast. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf. The popular work of ironic fiction written by journalist and political commentator David Ross Locke (1833-1888). Locke's greatest influence was through his satirical writings as "Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby". The Nasby letters harshly ridiculed the plight of peoples in the Confederate states and the complicity of Northern politicians. Both Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant recognized Nasby as a significant source of support for their presidencies.